And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, the news. It’s terrible.
But never fear, we have souls. Dogs don’t have souls. Neanderthals didn’t have souls. Robotic vacuum cleaners don’t have souls. Aliens don’t have souls. Only we humans have souls. We know this because we Catholics are right about everything.
When I had a serious accident, I did as the doctor told me. And I prayed very hard for his advice to work. And it did. It worked because I had a soul. The logic is inescapable.
You too can overcome all the terrible news, because you too have a soul!
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Platitude of the Day 
You know, I sometimes feel like closing the blog down. Then someone new comes along and makes it all fun again.
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When Mr Studzinski made his TftD debut a few days ago, it wasn’t clear that the lengthy pauses and gaps in his delivery were down to his having only one lung. I apologise for poking fun at them on that occasion.
That said, today’s offering was a doozie. Studzinski gave the impression that the world today is uniquely frightening and unpredictable. Even given Ukraine, Palestine, Sudan, Trump, Putin and Xi, not to mention climate change, the lives of most people in most parts of the world are safer and more prosperous than at any time in history. Covid was nasty (although not a patch on the Black Death), but was suppressed in record time, thanks to secular science and technology. Religion did nothing to help, although it often got in the way. And even Israel/Hamas has got nothing on the Crusades for sheer violence, destruction and sadism.
Peter has neatly eviscerated all that hilarious soul-speak (the only comment to add is “Ah…souls”). I would just add that Studzinski was on shaky ground in quoting from 1 Timothy, which bears the name of Paul but was written by someone else pretending to be Paul. Anyone who is prepared to lie about his own identity is hardly to be trusted about anything else.
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Yes I did think TFTD is starting to parody itself.
Good for him, praying to his benevolent god. As ever, it does beg the question: why did this bizarre god-creature allow his accident to happen in the first place.
And my usual complaint: the ONLY reason he was allowed unchallenged air time is because he is some species of god-botherer. Why is he not announced as such, so we are clear from the outset where he’s coming from?
Graham
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“We know this because we Catholics are right about everything.”
Studzinski-What have the Catholics ever been wrong about?
Stonyground raises finger-The fact that the Earth moves?
Studzinski-What?
Stonyground-The fact that the Earth moves.
Studzinski-Oh yeah, they were wrong about that yeah. But apart from the fact that the Earth moves, what have Catholics ever been wrong about?
Over to you guys.
Stonyground.
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Stonyground feeling disappointed-Columbus was a Catholic, he found an island in the Caribbean and thought he was in India.
Mr. Commenter-And they stuck with the Julian calendar for a long time after it was known to be inaccurate, so they were wrong about that John.
Studzinski-Alright. But apart from the movement of the Earth, Columbus, and the Julian calendar, What have the Catholics ever been wrong about?
Martin-The inerrancy of the Bible?
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